Master Chief Page was born in Long Beach, California, in 1961. He grew up in Arkansas, Texas, and California, and began his Navy career in April of 1980 by attending recruit training at Naval Training Center, San Diego, California.

Master Chief Page is a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Technical Management. His personal decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, two Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals, two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, six Good Conduct Medals, and various Unit Medals and Awards. He is qualified Enlisted Surface Warfare and Master Training Specialist. Master Chief Page is a graduate of the Navy's Senior Enlisted Academy, Class 106 Green, and he piloted the Navy's first Command Master Chief course.

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan — Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are preparing to board Navy ships of Amphibious Squadron 11 and are scheduled to depart within days to begin a patrol of the Asia-Pacific region.

SAN DIEGO – The Surface Warfare Officer Introduction (SWO INTRO) is a four-week course of instruction that was created in San Diego by Commander, Naval Surface Force in 2008, with over 1,000 graduates to date. The current class will hold a graduation ceremony Friday, Oct. 7, 2011.

Naval Surface Forces (SURFOR) held its first Ombudsman Assembly for 2009 Jan. 14 at Murphy Canyon Chapel, where approximately 50 ombudsmen and command leaders joined to discuss best practices to provide support to Sailors and their families.

USS Rushmore held a ceremony MAR 27 to celebrate 2009 Women’s History Month, the theme was “Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet.” Marine Biology Professor, Bridget Tiffany was chosen to be the guest speaker for the event due to her achievements.

USS Cape St. George (CG 71) completed a drive to collect more than 30 soccer balls April 2 to help support Pacific Partnership 2009, a humanitarian civic assistance mission scheduled to deploy on board USS Dubuque (LPD 8).

Readiness challenges due to sourcing Search and Rescue swimmers for surface ships have been solved by a SURFOR Barrier Removal Team led by the Surface Warfare Enterprise’s Personnel Readiness Team and the Cruiser Squadron.

Naval Surface Forces’ Rich Caccese was awarded the A. Bryan Lasswell In-Service Engineering Award for Fleet Support by the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) during a banquet at the Bahia Resort Oct. 28.

Vice Adm. D.C. Curtis Commander, Naval Surface Forces/Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, hosted the 2009 Commanders Conference at Admiral Baker Club House in San Diego, to discuss Surface Navy readiness June 30-July 1. The conference’s theme was “What it means to be a SWO”.

USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, arrived at its new homeport in San Diego Dec. 4, where the ship will be stationed after transiting from the Bath Iron Works Shipyard in Bath, Maine.

Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (SURFPAC) announced the 2008 SURFPAC Sea and Shore Sailors of the Year (SOY) at a banquet at the Hotel Del Coronado Feb. 26. The banquet was sponsored by the Surface Navy Association.

The tradition of “Tacking on the Crow” was brought back as it was meant to be, as senior Sailors aboard USS Jarrett (FFG 33) tacked rank patches on the coveralls of newly advanced Sailors during a pre-frocking ceremony, May 28.

Naval Surface Forces’ (SURFOR) Chief of Staff, Captain Peter A. Gumataotao, was recently selected for the rank of rear admiral lower half, making him the first Guamanian U.S. Navy officer to attain flag rank

100506-N-2259P-007 SAN DIEGO (May 6, 2010) - Vice Adm. D. C. Curtis, Commander, Naval Surface Forces and staff members visit the Center for Security Forces-visit, board, search, and seizure School on the San Diego Waterfront. Curtis and staff members were able to talk with Sailor and see firsthand how real world scenarios are incorporated into the classroom and practical training. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Elena Pence/RELEASED)

Jeffery Paul, a Chief Quartermaster and Navy Craftmaster from the Coronado-based Assault Craft Unit One, spoke to a group of World War II veterans at the 23rd Annual Patrol Craft Sailors Association Reunion held in Long Beach, California last week.

Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (SURFPAC) will welcome the first of nearly 1,000 Naval Academy and Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Midshipmen next week, as they converge on the San Diego waterfront for summer training.

Midshipmen practice proper team hose handling techniques at the Fire Fighting Trainer at Naval Station San Diego. Midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy conduct an 8-week series of weeklong training exercises in surface warfare activities.

In a bear market and times of financial uncertainty, commands from Naval Surface Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet (SURFPAC) managed to raise a record $593,000 on behalf of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS).

WASHINGTON - Symbolically recognizing the beginning of ship construction, the Navy will authenticate the keel for future USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) June 18 at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine.

Assault Craft Unit ONE (ACU-1) said farewell to Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1630, 1633, 1635, and 1665 as they left San Diego May 22 for a scheduled seven-month Western Pacific deployment onboard USS Peleliu (LHA 5).

Over eight, one-week long training blocks, Naval Academy and Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Midshipmen will experience a wide range of Surface Warfare activities, including demonstrations, ship and shore command tours, and an underway embark. Members of the SURFPAC staff, along with San Diego waterfront leadership, have planned a number of activities designed to introduce Midshipmen to the Surface Navy.

SAN DIEGO - Service members recite the oath of citizenship during a naturalization ceremony on the flight deck of the USS Midway Museum. Three hundred service members from 51 countries became U.S. citizens during the ceremony sponsored by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 10, 2010) Royal Australian Navy frigate Warramunga (FFH-152) engages Ex-USS New Orleans (LPH-11) with her 5-inch gun during a surface engagement, subsequently sending her below the surface of the Pacific Ocean at 1809 local time. Ex-USS New Orleans served in the U.S. Navy between 1968 and 1997. The ship was used for high end multi-national target practice during Exercise RIMPAC 2010, being fired upon by Harpoon missiles, laser guided bombs and a barrage of naval gun fire.

The Department of Defense announced today that Petty Officer Justin McNeley, 30, of Wheatridge, Colo., died from wounds sustained from an incident that occurred July 23, 2010 in Logar Province, Afghanistan.

Lt. Moneé Freas receives the Naval Sea Systems Command Community Diversity Award from Rear Admiral Richard D. Berkey, Fleet Maintenance Officer, U.S. Pacific Fleet, at Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, Naval Base San Diego. The award was presented in recognition of Freas’ contributions to the Diversity Working Group and her role in the creation of the Network of Engineering Duty Women, an organization focused on inspiring young women to be interested in science, technology, engineering and math.

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Top military leaders from 14 partner nations held a press conference at Merry Point Landing on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) July 30, officially marking the end of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010 exercise

San Diego – Over one-hundred Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) Midshipmen kicked off the final week of their summer training program by riding the waves with the Coronado-based Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 1 Monday, August 2.

SAN DIEGO— Surface Line Week (SLW), a ten day contest sponsored by Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet will begin Aug. 12 and run through Aug 20. The annual competition is a marquee event on the San Diego waterfront and features a series of activities dedicated to friendly competition in a variety of seamanship and sporting events.

San Diego – San Diego’s 29th annual Surface Line Week (SLW) continued today with the commencement of volleyball, football, soccer, softball, racquetball, and basketball tournaments; the inaugural swimming competition; and the visual communications, lathe, and welding contests.

Boise, ID - The U.S. Navy parachute demonstration team, the Leap Frogs, perform at the Western Idaho Fair during Boise Navy Week, one of 20 Navy Weeks planned across American for 2010. Navy Weeks are designed to show Americans the investment they have made in their Navy and increase awareness in cities that do not have a signigicant navy presence. (U.S. Navy phot by Senior Chief Mass Communication Sepcialist Gary Ward/Rreleased)

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- The chief of naval operations (CNO) was the keynote speaker at the Rotary Club of San Diego, the West Coast Surface Navy Association (SNA) Symposium and conducted an all-hands call with Sailors in San Diego Aug. 26.

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (SURFPAC) joined local San Ysidro School District to create the first type commander and school district partnership in the history of Partners in Education (PIE), during a kick-off ceremony held at SURFPAC headquarters Aug. 30.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps team, partnering with the Pakistani government, is moving from Ghazi to a southern location at Pano Aqil Air Base, near Sukkur, Pakistan, to support relief operations as flood waters move south.

SEOUL, South Korea (NNS) -- Inchon, South Korea, took on a movie-set quality Sept. 15 as U.S. Marines and their South Korean and U.N. counterparts re-enacted the massive amphibious landing 60 years ago that ultimately turned the tide in the Korean War.

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- AcademyWomen, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the mentoring and professional development of military women, will hold their 7th annual Fall Leadership Symposium and Career Workshop at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial in Arlington, Va., Sept. 24-26

SAN DIEGO - Volunteers from US Navy commands in the San Diego area assisted with Coronado Speed Fest activities on September 25 and 26. Coronado Speed Fest is the premier motorsports event during the month long San Diego Fleet Week.

SAN DIEGO – Sailors of Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (SURFPAC) visited Sunset Elementary School for a kick-off celebration as part of the Partners in Education (PIE) program in San Ysidro, Calif., Sept. 29.

SAN DIEGO - Four commanding officers from San Diego-based ships shared their guidance and expectations with 35 junior officers in the latest Surface Warfare Officer School Indoctrination (SWOS Intro) class held at Afloat Training Group (ATG), San Diego Sept. 27.

SAN DIEGO - Sailors from Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (SURFPAC) and USS Rushmore (LSD 47) visited Sunset Elementary School in San Ysidro, Calif., Dec. 13 for a banner exchange celebration as part of the Partners in Education (PIE) Program.

SAN DIEGO - Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet and U.S. Atlantic Fleet announced the group and squadron winners for the 2010 Junior Officer Award for Excellence in Shiphandling in a message Jan. 27.

SAN DIEGO (Feb. 21, 2011) - Naval Surface Forces Force Master Chief Eric Page stands with the eight finalists for 2010 Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Sailor of the Year competition as they gather for a group photo at the San Diego Zoo during a breakfast held for the competition.

SAN DIEGO – Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (SURFPAC) announced the 2010 SURFPAC Sea and Shore Sailors of the Year (SOY) during a banquet at the Marriott Hotel in Coronado, Calif., Feb 25, sponsored by the Surface Navy Association.

SAN DIEGO (April 8, 2011) — Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet’s (SURFPAC) Ombudsman is leading a campaign to collect donations that began March 26, to support Navy families evacuated from Japan after an earthquake and subsequent Tsunami struck the country March 11.

SAN DIEGO (May 23, 2011) - San Diego Police Department (SDPD) teamed up with Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet chief petty officers in a tug of war match against the School Safety Patrol (SSP) students.

Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet Vice Adm. Scott Van Buskirk, right, meets and greets soldiers of the Royal Australian Army at the opening ceremony for the exercise Talisman Sabre 2011 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

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